Moses Ofodeme
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has changed his earlier submission on the death of a 32-year-old man; who he said recently returned from Dubai with severe underlying health conditions and died of COVID-19 on Tuesday.
Abayomi, who earlier confirmed the death of the man, whose identity was not revealed; made the clarification via his verified handle on the micro-blogging site, Twitter.
It is said that results of the COVID-19 test conducted on the deceased were yet to be received and so it is unclear if the death could be linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Commissioner has deleted the tweets which attributed the death to COVID-19 related complications; while providing a new update.
‘‘#COVID19Lagos Alert. The death of a recent Dubai returnee previously announced on my social media handles earlier was a presumed #COVID19 related death. The result of the confirmation test for #COVID19 status is still being awaited. I regret any misinterpretation this post might have caused. The result of #COVID19 test conducted will be published once it is ready. Thanks for your understanding,’’Prof Abayomi tweeted.
Earlier, the Commissioner who had attributed the death of the 32-year-old Dubai returnee to COVID-19 disclosed that with the development; the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Lagos State as at Monday, May 11 had increased to 1,949.
He added that 88 new cases of COVID-19 infection were confirmed in Lagos on May 11; bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 1,949.
Further, he disclosed that on the same day, 33 COVID-19 patients: nine females and 24 males; were discharged at the state’s isolation facilities following their full recovery.